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    Gibbs' phase rule describes the possible number of degrees of freedom (F) in a closed system at equilibrium based on the number of separate phases (P) and chemical constituents (C) in the system. It states that the number of degrees of freedom F equals the number of chemical constituents C minus the number of phases P plus two. Gibbs deduced this relationship from thermodynamic principles in the 1870s to describe the intensive variables like pressure and temperature needed to define a multiphase equilibrium system.

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    Gibbs' phase rule describes the possible number of degrees of freedom (F) in a closed system at equilibrium based on the number of separate phases (P) and chemical constituents (C) in the system. It states that the number of degrees of freedom F equals the number of chemical constituents C minus the number of phases P plus two. Gibbs deduced this relationship from thermodynamic principles in the 1870s to describe the intensive variables like pressure and temperature needed to define a multiphase equilibrium system.

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    Gibbs' phase rule describes the possible number of degrees of freedom (F) in a closed system at equilibrium based on the number of separate phases (P) and chemical constituents (C) in the system. It states that the number of degrees of freedom F equals the number of chemical constituents C minus the number of phases P plus two. Gibbs deduced this relationship from thermodynamic principles in the 1870s to describe the intensive variables like pressure and temperature needed to define a multiphase equilibrium system.

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    A Eutectic Mixture

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    Gibbs' phase rule describes the possible number of degrees of freedom (F) in a closed system at equilibrium based on the number of separate phases (P) and chemical constituents (C) in the system. It states that the number of degrees of freedom F equals the number of chemical constituents C minus the number of phases P plus two. Gibbs deduced this relationship from thermodynamic principles in the 1870s to describe the intensive variables like pressure and temperature needed to define a multiphase equilibrium system.

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    A eutectic or eutectic mixture is a mixture of two or more elements

    which has a lower melting point than any of its constituents. The proper
    ratios of components to obtain a eutectic alloy is identified by the
    eutectic point on a phase diagram. The term comes from the Greek
    'eutektos', meaning 'easily melted.'
    Gibbs' phase rule
    In chemistry, Gibbs' phase rule describes the possible number of degrees
    of freedom (F) in a closed system at equilibrium, in terms of the number of
    separate phases (P) and the number of chemical constituents (C) in the
    system. It was deduced from thermodynamic principles by Josiah Willard
    Gibbs in the 1870s.
    The (intensive) variables needed to describe the system are Pressure,
    Temperature and the relative mole fractions X of the components in each
    phase ie PC+2-P in total.
    The key thermodynamics result is that at equilibrium the Gibbs free energy
    change for small transfers of mass between phases is zero. This requires
    the chemical potentials for a component to be the same in every phase.
    There are thus C(P-1) such thermodynamic equations of constraint on the
    system.
    Gibbs' rule then follows, as:
    – F = C − P + 2.
    Where F is the number of degrees of freedom, C the number of chemical
    constituents, and P is the number of phases that cannot be shared.

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